Hawai‘i Island police are asking for public assistance in locating 23-year-old Harrison Duadua-Apao who is wanted for a theft and criminal property damage investigation that occurred in Pāhoa On Monday, March 6. Puna patrol officers responded to a reported motor vehicle theft at a Pāhoa retail store after a caller reported that her white 1997 Nissan pickup truck was removed from the parking lot without her permission.
Later, an officer observed an unoccupied vehicle matching the description of the stolen pickup truck parked several miles away at a public water spigot in Pāhoa. As the officer drove closer to the stolen vehicle, Duadua-Apao got into the truck and accelerated forward, colliding into the officer’s vehicle, disabling them both. Duadua-Apao then fled the area on foot. He was last seen wearing basketball type shorts and no shirt. The officer did not sustain any injuries as a result of the collision. Duadua-Apao is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 155 pounds with black hair and hazel eyes. The Area I Criminal Investigation Section is continuing this investigation, which is classified as first-degree theft and first-degree criminal property damage. A warrant has also been issued for Duadua-Apao’s arrest. Police ask anyone who may have information on Duadua-Apao’s whereabouts to call the police department’s non-emergency number at (808) 935-3311, or Officer Rodney Delima of Puna Patrol at (808) 965-2716 or via email rodney.delima@hawaiicounty.gov.
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